Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN)

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer; Cardiovascular Disease; Diabetes

• Registration Number: NCT01994811
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

The Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) is a collaborative research study that examines the lifestyles, eating habits, and health behaviors associated with cancer, diabetes and heart disease in adult men and women living in the Eastern Caribbean.

Detailed Description

The Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) has two aims: (1) To form a research collaborative across the Eastern Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Barbados, and Trinidad \& Tobago to recruit and follow a community-dwelling adult cohort to estimate the prevalence of known and potential risk factors associated with the development of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes and (2) To enhance health outcomes research leadership capacity in the region through a series of dedicated activities locally and abroad. ECHORN will expand clinical research with racial/ethnic minority populations in a transitioning part of the globe now threatened with an epidemic of noncommunicable chronic diseases (NCD). ECHORN's findings will have direct implications for the health disparities research and policy agenda in the mainland United States. In the long term, the links ECHORN will facilitate with local health policy delegations and global strategic organizational partners will promote the translation of research to improve health outcomes across the region. The collection and storage of biological specimens will also contribute to national biomonitoring projects and has the potential to identify unique risk and protective factors in the development of NCD.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-04
• Study First Submitted: 2013-11-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-11-19
• Study First Posted: 2013-11-26
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-14
• Study Completion: 2018-06-14
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-13
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2961

Inclusion Criteria

• Greater than or equal to 40 years of age
• English or Spanish language speaking
• Resident of island at least 10 years
• Able to provide informed consent
• Non-institutionalized at the time of data collection
• Stable contact/residential information
• No plans to relocate from island within the next 5 years

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of non-communicable diseases	5 years	Prevalence of non-communicable diseases, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes.

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus; 🇵🇷 San Juan, Puerto Rico

University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus; 🇧🇧 Bridgetown, Barbados

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus; 🇹🇹 St. Augustine, West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

University of the Virgin Islands; 🇻🇮 Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands (U.S.)